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Tim Elliott
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Tim Elliott

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Tim Elliott is a Partner at CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP and a Partner at CMS Hong Kong LLP, having set-up our office there in 2018. He is our Head of Asset Finance and a founding partner in our Energy Finance Team.

Tim advises on a wide range of debt and leasing transactions across the asset and commodity classes working with export credit agencies, owners, banks, lessors and portfolio managers, in particular on offshore, LNG, renewables, shipping and aviation financings and all associated equipment procurement, chartering and operating arrangements.

Tim has worked on projects across Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and the Americas. He is English law and Hong Kong law qualified.

Relevant experience

Shipping and Offshore

  • A Chinese finance house in respect of the sale and leaseback financing of two FSRUs for gas importation projects in Brazil and Australia. 
  • A PRC bank on the debt financing of four 1,400TEU containerships chartered to subsidiaries of a German shipping company 
  • A  Singapore-based shipping company in respect of restructuring nine vessels and six barges under arrest in Hong Kong, Singapore, China and South Korea. 
  • A Malaysian company on the financing and chartering of FPSOs for projects in India, West Africa and the North Sea.
  • A Greek owner, operator, and manager of LNG carriers on the financing and re-financing of over 20 LNG Carriers with a global syndicate of ECAs and commercial banks

Energy

  • A US multinational on the equipment supply and tied financing of various solar, wind and battery storage assets in projects in Europe and the Middle East
  • A Norwegian national oil and gas company on the innovative ECA-backed debt and lease financing of certain of its offshore assets in Europe
  • An global investment bank on two monetisation programmes for the purchase and resale of in-tank oil and gas commodities.  
  • A South American producer on the structuring of a secured receivables financing on a pre-export financing basis of various offshore field assets. 
  • A small modular reactor nuclear power project developer in Europe in connection with structuring and bankability of SMR projects.

Aviation

  • An Asian bank on a warehouse facility to a subsidiary of a Hong Kong listed aircraft leasing Group to fund the purchase of various second-hand aircraft.
  • A global corporate on its corporate jet programme, including a corporate jet sale and the purchase of a majority aircraft interest in a fractionalised programme.
  • An Asian based lessor and operator in respect of various aircraft financing and re-financings. 

Education

1996 – BA, Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford, United Kingdom